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Liolaemus ruibali DONOSO-BARROS, 1961

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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ruibal's Tree Iguana 
SynonymLiolaemus ruibali DONOSO-BARROS 1961
Liolaemus ruibali — NÚÑEZ et al. 2001
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) ruibali — SCHULTE et al. 2000
Liolaemus ruibali — ABDALA et al. 2013
Liolaemus (Eulaemus) ruibali — MORANDO et al. 2020 
DistributionArgentina (Mendoza, La Rioja, San Juan)

Type locality: Between Villavicencio and Uspallata, Mendoza, Argentina, elevation 3000 m.  
ReproductionVivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHNC (also as MNHNCL HERP) 2477-2479 (Lab. Biol. Santiago) 621. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, Cuban herpetologist Rodolfo Ruibal (1927-2016), who spent most of his career at UC Riverside. See Lillywhite 2016 for an obituary. 
References
  • Abdala, C.S.; S. Quinteros & R.E. Espinoza 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64 (4): 458–471 - get paper here
  • Abdala, Cristian S.; Juan C. Acosta, Mario R. Cabrera, Héctor J. Villavicencio, José Marinero 2009. A New Andean Liolaemus of the L. montanus Series (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Western Argentina. South American J. Herp. 4 (2): 91–102 - get paper here
  • Abdala, Cristian Simón; Marcos Maximiliano Paz & Romina Valeria Semhan 2013. Nuevo Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) con novedoso carácter morfológico, de la frontera entre Argentina y Chile. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61 (4): 1563-1584 - get paper here
  • AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Castillo, G., Ramallo, G. & Acosta, J.C. 2017. Liolaemus ruibali (Ruibal's Tree Iguana) Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 651-652. - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1961. Three new lizards of the genus Liolaemus from the highest Andes of Chile and Argentina. Copeia 1961 (4): 387-391 - get paper here
  • Erostarbe, A. V. and Acosta, J. C. 2020. Liolaemus ruibali (Ruibal’s tree iguana). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 51: 127 - get paper here
  • Lillywhite, Harvey B. 2016. Obituary: Herpetology loses a class act: Rodolfo Ruibal, 1927-2016. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 741-745 - get paper here
  • Marcus, A.;Laurent, R. F. 1994. Nuevos datos de distribución geográfica de Liolaemus ruibali (Sauria: Tropiduridae). Bol. Asoc. Herp. Argentina 10 (1): 46
  • Nunez H; Navarro J 1992. Liolaemus rosenmanni, una nueva especie Chilena de lagartija relacionada al grupo 'ruibali'. MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL BOLETIN (SANTIAGO) 43 1992: 55-62 - get paper here
  • Núñez,H.; Schulte, J.A. & Garín, C. 2001. Liolaemus josephorum, nueva especie de lagartija para el Norte de Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac.Hist. Nat. 50: 91-107
  • PINCHEIRA-DONOSO, Daniel & HERMAN NÚÑEZ 2004. Liolaemus robertoi, una nueva especie de Los Andes del norte de Chile perteneciente al grupo ruibali (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae). Multequina 12: 01-15
  • Quinteros, A.S.; Abdala, Cristian and Fernando Lobo 2008. Redescription of Liolaemus dorbignyi Koslowsky, 1898 and description of a new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Zootaxa 1717: 51-67 - get paper here
  • SCHULTE II, JAMES A.; J. ROBERT MACEY, ROBERT E. ESPINOZA AND ALLAN LARSON 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69: 75–102 - get paper here
  • VALLADARES, J. PABLO; RICHARD ETHERIDGE, JAMES SCHULTE II, GERMAN MANRIQUEZ & ANGEL SPOTORNO 2002. Nueva especie de lagartija del norte de Chile, Liolaemus molinai (Reptilia: Liolaeminae). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 473-489 - get paper here
  • Villavicencio, Héctor Jose, Gabriela Cánovas and Juan Carlos Acosta. 2006. Liolaemus ruibali Body temperature. Herpetological Review 37 (1): 89 - get paper here
 
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